Right Patient/Right Care 

SOCH has a proactive policy designed to ensure the proper identification of patients prior to performing any and all tests, administering any and all medications, sampling blood for laboratory tests, administering blood or blood components, and transporting a patient to any area for testing or procedure.

To ensure proper identification, staff will ask the patient for their name and birthdate, check the patient’s wristband and make sure the information matches what is on the medication label and on the patient’s electronic medication administration record.

The staff at SOCH makes sure that patients know that these steps are taken to ensure their safety.  Patients should know that everyone coming in contact with them should ask for their name and date of birth.  Patients are encouraged to remind caregivers to do this if they neglect to check this vital information.